What do you think of people who don't eat "properly", eg. they hold their fork with their right hand and don't use a knife?
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zocotroco
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I'm right handed...why wouldn't I hold my fork in my right hand?
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I have my fork in my right hand. How about the millions of people that don't even use a fork?
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That they eat. And that they use impliments to do so (usually metal). People can eat however they like, there is no right of wrong way...
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I think if they can somehow manage to feed themselves sufficiently, I have no cause to correct them. :o)
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It don't bother me as long as their not smacking their mouth when they eat or have food hanging out their mouth or nose I can handle over looking the rest.
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I'm one of those people. Ah, my dad used to spend hours trying to teach me 'proper table manners'. Eeeesh. Never rubbed off. But my god, you should see how I hold a pencil. That's a laugh.
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As you owned up..this is a regional eating method, typically upheld in Europe. It would be generally acceptable to hold the fork in your right hand in most American dining situations. Only if you were at a formal dinner that was being held FOR some sort of European guests, might you wish to uphold THEIR NORMAL eating behaviors.
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It doesn't really bother me in the house if someone uses their fork in their right hand and doesn't use a knife, and this is what I do more often or not. However, if we are dining with friends or in a restaurant I expect some degree of etiquette and to use both tools as well as keeping elbows firmly off the table!
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cool
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